固肥える

かたごえる

to put on a moderate amount of lean or firm weight, to gain healthy weight (e.g. from muscle), to become overweight as opposed to obese

耳が肥える

みみがこえる

to have an ear for music

目が肥える

めがこえる

to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.), to be a connoisseur

口が肥える

くちがこえる

to be used to eating the best, to have a refined palate

舌が肥える

したがこえる

to be particular about one's food, to have a discriminating palate

肥え太る

こえふとる

to grow fat

元肥え

もとごえ もとごええ

first fertilizing, first fertilising

肥えた土

こえたつち こえたど

rich (fertile) soil

耳が肥えている

みみがこえている

to have an ear for music

肥

こえ

manure, night soil, dung, fertiliser, fertilizer

液肥

えきひ

liquid fertilizer, liquid fertiliser

肥桶

こえおけ

night-soil bucket, honey bucket

魚肥

ぎょひ

fertilizer made from fish parts (fertiliser)

肥料

ひりょう

manure, fertilizer, fertiliser

金肥

きんぴ かねごえ

chemical fertilizer, chemical fertiliser

寒肥

かんごえ

winter manure

補肥

ほひ

supplementary or additional fertilizer (fertiliser)

水肥

すいひ

liquid manure

肥沃

ひよく

fertility, productive